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Dear Hajo,

thanks for the report.
Just worked ON4KTJ, but even here he was only 339 over abt 70km distance.
His QTH is Ath (abt 50km SW of Brussels).
Maybe southcoast G's can copy him.

Anyway: my 14th station and 5th DXCC.

73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T

Quoting hajo.brandt.dj1zb@t-online.de:

> Just heard weak signals from OR7T on 502,2 kHz in eastern Bavaria, QTH
> JN68GN;
> at 20.40 the end of a qso with ON4??, and
>
> at 20.44 cq d3e OR7T
>
> Paul-Hendrik, tnx for your explanations. I also feel that for the time
> being 23.00 UTC will be the optimum time for EU dx. We both have the
> same local summer time i guess.
>
> Nw back to the reiceiver.
>
> 73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB
>
> "Paul-Henrik" <phl@netikka.fi> schrieb:
>> 500kHz propagation from western europe sets in very late (early  =20
>> morning) here
>> now, there is no complete nighttime darkness up here anymore so the D-lay=
er
>> gets very little rest. Midsummer is about a month away and it will be Aug=
ust
>> before signals slowly start improving here again on MF.
>>
>> DI2AM was weak too at the time I had the first copy of Rik.
>>
>> 2200z is local midnight here and mid-path midnight will be almost one hou=
r
>> later.
>>
>> So in fact 2125z was still "early" copy of Rik here. I expect  =20
>> signals would have
>> improved vastly from that. This is a very typical behaviour for  =20
>> DI2AM signals
>> during recent weeks.
>>
>> The opposite situation:
>>
>> In mid winter I could copy GM4SLV 24/7 on the Shetland - Vaasa path =20
>>  during some
>> longer tests we ran.
>>
>>
>> Will keep an ear on 502.95kHz during the weekend when/if I'm in the shack
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Paul-Henrik / OH1LSQ
>> Vaasa / KP03SD
>>
>>
>> Quoting hajo.brandt.dj1zb@t-online.de:
>>
>> > This is a pity. According to Rik's time table I did not listen after
>> > 21.00z
>> >
>> > But during the summer season this seems to be necessary. No problem for
>> > me, I am retired.
>> >
>> > 73 Ha-Jo, DJ1ZB
>> >
>> >
>> > "Paul-Henrik" <phl@netikka.fi> schrieb:
>> > > Hear you calling CQ on 502.95kHz at 2125z
>> > >
>> > > Weak but readable, a Q4
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > 73's
>> > >
>> > > Paul-Henrik / OH1LSQ
>> > > Vaasa / KP03SD
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Quoting Rik Strobbe <rik.strobbe@fys.kuleuven.be>:
>> > >
>> > > > Dear all,
>> > > >
>> > > > I have been calling CQ once in a while last night (on 502.95 kHz) a=
nd
>> > > > once I thought to hear a response near 501.9 kHz.
>> > > > Unfortunately QRM is very high in the lower part of the band. Lowes=
t
>> > > > QRM level (at my location) is between 502.9 and 503.4 kHz.
>> > > > I will try to be QRV on 600 m the next days from 19-21 UTC,
>> > > > monitoring the band for activity and calling CQ every now and then.
>> > > >
>> > > > I am running 250 Watt (=3D 2 A antenna current) into a 11m high and=
 25m
>> > > > long T-antenna.
>> > > > Calculated radiation resistance of the antenna is 0.4 Ohm, the
>> > > > theoretical ERP should be around 3 Watt.
>> > > > But I am afraid that the greenery surrounding the antenna absorbs a
>> > > > good part of it.
>> > > >
>> > > > 73, Rik  ON7YD - OR7T
>> > > >
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